title: [The most frequent digestive disorders in the elderly].
abstract: Aging is a stage with various changes and physiological modifications. It's a progressive, dynamic and irreversible process. Elderly people are beings fragile, multipathological, and polimedicated. 40 Of the world's population has indigestion. They are the most common digestive disorders: constipation, dysphagia, and dyspepsia, reaching levels of prevalence around the 25, 30 and 25 respectively. The main activity of the nursing professional lies in making a proper assessment of the patient and offer a health education regarding habits hygiene and dietetics, in order to reduce the intake of drugs and increase the quality of life of our elders. We should not forget that the family plays a fundamental role for the treatment of these disorders.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Jorge, Zaragoza.
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Juárez Vela
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ramón Arbués
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martínez Abadía
authors.forename: Begoña
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pellicer García
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Delgado Sevilla
authors.forename: Ma Pilar
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Abadía Pardo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic